Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
Three Thousand Children
Celebrate the Jubilee.
DIGNITIEs AND DECORATIONS.
The Day of Thanksgiving Over, the
Queen Returns to Windsor
Castle.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
LONDON, June.-The Queen rose
early this morning and took a drive in
the garden of Buckingham Palace
Subsequently her majesty received
guests, and then she visited the Duchess
of Cambridge. In the afternoon she re.
ceived the homage of foreign princes
and Others. Presents were sent in
commemoration of her jubilee.
THE PRESENTS.
At the afternoon reception at Buck.
ingham palace the Queen received nu.
merous addresses and gifts and We
mans gift of f75. 900 was subscribed for
the erection at Windsom of an eques-
trian statue of abe Prince Consort. The
Queen will lay the foundation stone of
tre new statue on July. l4th. Any sur
plus remaining will be devoted to some
charitable object. Lady Stafford made the
presentation and the donors included
nearly all the titled ladies of the king
dom many of whom were present. The
German Crown Prince on behalf of the
Emperor William presented a marble
slab upon which is carved the arms OF
Germany and q medallion of the
Empores and Empress. The
King of Belgium presented a beau
tifully figured silver cup two feet high.
The King of Denmark gave q China
vase painted by one of the foremost
artists. The Prince of Wales gave an
oil painting. Numerous other presents
were received from four town corpora.
tions, public bodies, etc. throughout
Great Britain.
TITLES AND DEcoRA TIoNs
The Peers to be created are John ST.
Aubyn, liberal unionist member of par
lament. Henry VIM. Eaton, conserva.
tive member, the Earl of Strathmore,
Scotch representative peer and viscount
Galway, an Irish peer to be made a peer
of the United Kingdom. Baronetcies
are to be conferred upon thirteen per.
sons, including Sir Algernon Borthwick,
editor of the London Morning Post.
Thirty'three persons are to be
made knights, including Mr..
Long, editor of the Sheffield
Telegraph. The Crown Prince of Austria
is to be made extra Knight of the Garter
and Grand Duke Sergius of Russia,
Grand Duke of Hesse, Grand Duke of
Sake. Meiningen, Prince Edward of Sake
Ware, Prince Victor of Hohenlohe and
Prince Louis of Battenberg, to be deco
rated with the grand cross of the order
of the Bath. A long list of minor deco.
rations will also be conferred.
THE cHILDRES's FETE.
At the childrens fete to-day held in
Hyde Park, the 5000 little ones arranged
ON the great lawn made pretty picture
The Prince and Princess of Wales and
their sons and daughters, accompanied
by number OF royal guests, visited the
Park during the fete and the children
at once broke the rope barriers and
rushed pell nell towards the visitors.
All etiquette vanished. The Prince
and Princesses seemed delighted at
their faces and mixed among the
children with perfect freedom until the
Queen arrived. The children then
massed themselves on the side of the
road over which her msjesty's carriage
passed, and sang the national anthem
with grand effect. The Queen reached
and ascended the platform while the
music was proceeding, and at its con-
clusion she presented a memo.
rial to a little girl who had been
selected to represent all the children as.
sembled. When the Queen departed
the whole ASSEMBLY broke into uproar.
ious cheers. Mr.. Gladstone, Lord
Derby and Lord Spencer were present,
and a number of aristoerats lent assist.
ance to make the fete a success.
THE QUEEN DEPARTS.
The Queen left Buckingham Palace
this afternoon and went to Windsor
Castle this evening.